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Court accepts activist’s plea in Salman’s hit-and-run case

Trouble seems to be a never ending chapter in Salman Khan’s
life. As Salman Khan is charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder
in 2002 hit-and-run case, on Tuesday the session court has heard three applications.

Regarding the first application where Salman Khan’s made an appeal
to the court about unfair media coverage of the case, court orally asked the
media for fair reporting of the case.

The court has also heard application for the second plea of
activist Santosh Daundkar's plea in which he has asked the court to transfer false evidence case from Bandra to
the sessions court. The court rejected his plea saying that it did not have suo
moto powers to transfer the case.

Regarding the third plea, the court allowed the intervene of
activist Abha Singh's plea to assist the Public Prosecutor only at the final
stage.

Advocate
Abha Singh is represented in court by her son, Aditya Pratap. Abha Singh
conveyed that as a general public, who is not concerned with any criminal case,
she still has right to intervene in the court case against Salman Khan.
She can prepare notes and can submit written notes to the public prosecutor
thus helping him indirectly in his case.

While
hearing the arguments, Judge SD Deshpande said that in a criminal case, the
role of intervener is limited to submissions of written notes and nothing
beyond that.

On the
other hand, Salman’s lawyer, Shrikant Shivde feels that advocate Abha Singh has
no business in Salman’s case. She just wants to defame the actor. She has
already made up her mind that Salman is guilty and so she is trying her level
best to defame him.

Shivde
told the court, “They are not interested in justice. They have been giving
number of interviews to media. If this application is allowed, then 100 people
will come in. Today we should have been examining witness, but we are wasting
time on this application.” Shivde further said about media coverage that, “We
do not want an in camera trial but since beginning, an attempt is being made to
pollute the mind of the public.”

September 28, 2002. Salman Khan’s Toyota
Land cruiser drove over
five people who were sleeping on the footpath near Hill road in Bandra. In this
accident, one lost his life and four others were severely injured.

After the accident, Salman Khan drove away in his car and
appeared for surrender after eight hours. Eye witnesses said that it was Salman
who was driving the vehicle though Salman denies the allegation. Since, he
surrendered after eight hours, he and his family maintain the incident as
accident though police reported it as hit and run case. Medical report further
revealed that Salman was under the influence of alcohol when the incident took
place.